Playing fantasy sports online is a great way to follow your favorite sports throughout the season. You can compete against your friends, family members, coworkers, and even strangers to add a little extra spice to the weekend's sporting calendar.

Because of its popularity, there is no shortage of fantasy sports websites. Today, we are going to explore some of the best free websites for participating in fantasy sports online. These resources are all you will need to get in the game and dominate your competition.

1. Fantasy Football Calculator

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One of the most popular sports for fantasy leagues is American football. If you want fantasy NFL resources, Fantasy Football Calculator should be your first stop.

It provides data, tools, and content to help players make better draft decisions. Founded by Kevin Day, a statistical guru, you can run mock drafts, dig into ranks and stats, and interact with the experienced community for advice and input.

Features include a team picking tool, a trade analyzer, a lineup builder, and lists of ADP risers and fallers. You can even sync your existing league for custom advice based on your picks.

This means that by game day, you will be able to sit back and monitor the scores without stressing about your team.

2. Fantasy Football Hub

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Another sports league that garners a huge amount of attention from fantasy sports lovers is the English Premier League.

If you want to beat the opposition, check out Fantasy Football Hub. It covers all the main Premier League fantasy games, including the official game on the Premier League's website, Sky TV's game, and The Sun Dream Team. There is also a section dedicated to Footstock, a stock market-esque player trading game.

The site offers dedicated tools for each iteration of the game, including statistical spreadsheets, fixture difficulty trackers, extensive guides, and content from some of the world's best fantasy players.

Much of the content is available for free, but you need to pay $2/month for full access.

3. Fantasy Pros

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Fantasy Pros covers all major American sports from a fantasy perspective, including the NFL, MLB, NBA, and NHL. It has a vast number of articles across all the sports, with multiple new articles being posted every day.

However, once again, it is the site's impressive list of fantasy resources that help it stand out. It includes a free agent finder, waiver assistant, trade finder, league analyzer, research assistant, and a start/sit assistant. The site also has a popular YouTube channel with regular new videos.

To unlock all the tools, you will need to subscribe for $3/month.

4. FPL Statistics

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One of the most important aspects of playing Fantasy Premier League is making sure you track player prices. They change every day based on the number of transfers in/out, so failing to make your moves at the right time can be the difference between success and failure.

Although the algorithms that govern price movements are kept a secret by game organizers, the FPL Statistics site has cracked the code and will give you an early heads up about impending changes.

Other tools on the site include trend analysis, top 50 lists for a variety of metrics, and performance data.

5. Fantasy Six Pack

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Fantasy Six Pack focuses on the NFL and NCAA. It's a blog, so you won't find analytical tools and data sets. However, the quality of the writing is excellent and provides a level of insight that beginner players might not be aware of if left to do the research for themselves.

6. Rotoworld

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Rotoworld is an NBC Sports sub-site. The main sport/leagues that it covers from a fantasy standpoint are the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, CFB, golf, the English Premier League, and NASCAR.

Some of the top resources on the site for fantasy players include an edge finder (and its vast accompanying databases of statistics), a draft guide, multiple daily fantasy sports (DFS) tools, reports, projections, and league syncing.

Sadly, almost all the top-tier resources are behind a paywall. You will need to subscribe for $4/month.

7. Fantasy Football Scout

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Another well-regarded Premier League site is Fantasy Football Scout. Many of the tools are similar to the previously-mentioned Fantasy Football Hub, and there is an ongoing debate in the community about which is the better fantasy resource.

It has articles from some of the most experienced Fantasy Premier League players along with a long list of tools such as scout reports, predicted lineups, fixture trackers, a player comparison feature, and a way to get the community to rank your team.

8. Razzball

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Razzball is a fantasy sports resource site primarily dedicated to baseball, though there is some NFL, NHL, and NBA fantasy content too.

Once you start exploring the Razzball site, you will find plenty of tips, advice, expert commentary and analysis, and other resources. The site's main strength, however, is its endless statistics.

Baseball is a data-heavy sport, so having access to the stats is essential if you want to be competitive in your private fantasy leagues with friends. There's also a depth chart and trade analyzer, both of which are easy to use.

Don't forget, you can tune into the games in real-time using one of the best sports streaming sites.

9. Football Outsiders

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Football Outsiders is another well-known fantasy football resource. ESPN has a partnership with the site, so you will see some cross-posting of fantasy-related articles between the two.

The site has detailed breakdowns of data by positon, offense, and defense, as well as dozens of analytical charts covering various aspects of the game. You can also explore data from old seasons, thus letting you see a multi-year perspective on player performance.

Football Outsiders has a free and a premium tier. The premium tier, which costs $149/year, gives you access to the DVOA database, KUBIAK fantasy projections, weekly fantasy projections, weekly NFL picks, and expanded player pages.

Don't Forget the Sports News Sites

All the sites we have looked at are specifically dedicated to fantasy sports and can be essential tools for people who want to move up the rankings.

However, you shouldn't overlook regular sports news sites like ESPN and Sky Sports. They often have large numbers of stats and player data that you can access for free. While it's not fantasy-specific, a skilled player will be able to use the data to make smarter decisions.